Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-20
JOHNNIE BULL EXCITED.
Over the Publication OF IN Alleged Lot
ter BY Parnon.

| tor by Psrnon.
| LONDON, April 1S.-The Times. as proc
of it's assertion at the conclusion OF it
article on ''Parnellism and Crime" claim
that it has further documentary evidence
and prints a fac simile of the letter signet
by Mr.. Parnell and supposed to have bee,
addressed to Egan, to pacify his subordi
mates when Parnell publicly denounced th'
Phenix Park murders. The letter fills ont
side OF an ordinary sheet of note paper
and is in strange handwriting. "Yours
very truly, Chas. s. Parnell," in Parnell'e
writing, is at the top of the other leaf. The
Times suggests that it could be torn off il
necessary. The letter, which is dated sim
ply Is, 5, '82, without an address, is az
follows: "Dear sir: am not surprised at
your friends anger, but he and you should
know that to deneunce the murder was the
only course open to US. To do that
promptly was plainly our best policy, but
you can tell him and all others concerned
that though regret the accident of Lord
Cavendish's death, Icannot refuse to admit
that Burke got no more than his deserts.
You are at liberty to show him this, and
Others you can trust also, but let not my
House of Commons"
ro-pAY's EVENTS.
LONDON April 18.-A five line whip pub.
attend the meeting OF the Commons to.
night, so as to be on hand to vote for the
second reading of the Irish crimes act amend.
ment bill. Members began to drop into the
house at an unusually early hour to-day in
order to secure seats, the belief being that
another scheme similar to that of Friday
night will occur during the evenings SEES
sion.
The alleged letter of Parnell. supposed to
have been addressed to Egan, relative to
the Phenix Park murderers, which the
Times published this morning, has caused
IMMENSE EXCITEMENT
among all parties. In an interview to-day
Clancy, Parnellite member for Dublin coun-
ty, branded the letter as an infamous con-
coction and declared that it bears the in
ternal evidence of forgery. He said also
that suspicion was already directed
against a certain person as q forger. An
Irish member nf Parliament departed for
Dublin this morning to compare the hand
writing in the letter attributed to Parnell
with that OF the person suspected.
COMMENTS ON THE LETTER.
The Globe commenting on the alleged
Parnell letter, saws: Until the horrible
accusation that Parnell wrote the letter is
proved we shall discredit it,
The Pail Mall Gazette says: Until the
authenticity of the letter shall be abso-
lutely proved, there will be no need to dis
cuss it's contents"
The st. James Gazette says the letter is
SO grave q document that it will not do to
regard it as genuine until Parnell shall be
heard from concerning it.
The Parnellites all declare the letter an
infamous concoction, and deliberate in
vention to publicly elander the leader of
the Home Rule party. They say that
even on the low ground of expediency Par
nell would be the last man in the word to
write a letter containing such damaging ad
missions. They contend, therefore, that
all reason proves the letter to be forgery
on the face of it, pointing for proof to the
contents OF the document, especially to the
writer's warning the person to whom the
letter was purportol to be written not to
disclose the address, while no address is
given. The fact that the signature is the
only part of the letter in Parnells writing
is by itself, the homerulers argue, proof
that the whole thing is a fraud, as accord
ing to them, while it would he difficult to
writing to enable forger to initiate it to
an extent necessary successfully to palm
of q whole letter as his own production,
it is not at all difficult to obtain his sigma
ture. Parnell, the agent of the Associated
Press is authorized to state, will cauegor-
ically deny that he wrote the letter. Par
nell will make his denial before the House
Df Commons. and the editors of the Times
will be summoned to the bar of COM
mons to explain the authorship OF the let
ter.